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Artificial Intelligence in the Medical Robotics Industry – Current Applications

AI applications for healthcare are becoming more common for white-collar automation and diagnostics. However, medical robotics is an area that may be marginally underdeveloped. This is likely because of regulations concerning automated surgery.
In this article, we cover how AI software is fin

By Tamekia Reece, October 31, 2018
Since the dawn of the digital age, each time you’ve used the internet—be it to send an email, shop online or “like” a post or pic on social media, for example—you’ve been leaving behind a virtual trail of personal

Flu vaccines are big pharma’s next big battleground

In the teeth of one of the deadliest flu seasons in several years, scientists have already placed a bet on how to tackle the virus next winter.
Late last month, the World Health Organisation (WHO) identified the flu strains it believes the public will need protecting from next year. It ordered la

TRENDS IN PREFILLED DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES

Introduction
Modern patients want therapies that are effective and convenient to take. Someone who needs a medicine daily is more likely to comply with the treatment if the drug in question is easy to administer in the comfort of their own home.
This patient demand, combined with drug industry

Why is Methylcobalamin best option to treat Diabetic neuropathy.

Introduction
In the 21st century, diabetes became a tread of health issue. The predominance of this disease become double in this century. It has been expected that more than 366 million people will be globally affected by diabetes. Both lifestyle and genetic factors mainly influence diabetes i

Real time data sharing among rural health workers can save lives

Smartphones and tablets are no longer the preserve of technoparks and financial districts. According to a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India report from 2017, there are a little over 500 million mobile subscribers in rural India, of whom 109 million own smartphones. In 2016, the Boston Consulting

Stents cheaper, but not all get benefit

Almost a year after prices of cardiac stents were capped, an examination of bills from various hospitals shows that the extent to which it has brought down the total cost of an angioplasty depends on which hospital you go to.
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Budget 2018: The healthcare system needs more money and an urgent overhaul

Slow improvements in basic indicators of maternal and child mortality, double burden of communicable as well as non-communicable diseases, high out-of-pocket expenditure, a failing public sector and heavily commercialised private sector characterise the healthcare crisis in India.
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Four digital trends in global clinical trials

Digital health encompasses a few technologies: mobile health (mHealth), health information technology (HIT), wearable devices, telehealth, telemedicine and personalised medicine, for example. But only recently have we seen healthcare providers move from experimenting with these solutions to fully de

Paracetamol may impair fertility of female offsprings: Study

Although paracetamol is considered safe for mothers-to-be, a study has recently warned that pregnant women should think twice before popping these pills as it may impair the fertility of their female offsprings.
The findings indicated that paracetamol when taken during pregnancy altered the devel

Novel sperm sorting device could improve IVF success

Boston: Women undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) may become pregnant with fewer treatment cycles, thanks to a new device that can select faster and healthier sperm cells, scientists, including one of Indian origin, have found.
The microfluidic device dubbed SPARTAN, short for Simple Peri

Diabetes drug could cure Alzheimer's disease: Study

A diabetes drug may be used to treat Alzheimer's disease after "significantly" reversing memory loss in mice, say scientists.
The research could bring substantial improvements in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease through the use of a drug originally created to treat type 2 di

Inject trust back into the healthcare system

Trust between patients and private hospitals sank to new depths this year, with complaints of overbilling, negligence and complicity between medicine practitioners and the pharmaceutical and medical-devices industries making headlines across India.
The mistrust has been building for a while.

2017 in Review: Milestones in the medical device revolution in India

2017 was another year that took the medical device revolution in the country to another level. Here are the most significant ‘medical device’ highlights that ensured that it remained at the top of the agenda from regulations to retaliations.
Medical Device Rules 2017
The year 2017 st

Substandard and falsified medical products

Key facts
Substandard and falsified medical products may cause harm to patients and fail to treat the diseases for which they were intended.
They lead to loss of confidence in medicines, healthcare providers and health systems.
They affect every region of the world.

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence For Greater Patient Centricity

‘Artificial Intelligence (AI)’ – the science of simulation of intelligent behavior in computers, has the potential to leave a transformational impact on virtually everything that we see and feel around us. As many will know, the modern definition of AI is “the study and de

Researchers identify new drug that can stop migraine before it starts

In a good news for people who suffer from chronic migraines, researchers have identified a medication that can prevent the severe headaches before they start.
An antibody therapy against a key inflammatory molecule involved in migraines reduces the number of headaches that chronic migra

Nutraceuticals and Pregnancy Leg Cramps

According to Danforth's Obstetrics and Gynecology, almost half of all pregnant women suffer from muscle spasms in their legs, with cramping more frequent during the evening time. Leg cramps are a sudden tightening of muscles, which can cause intense pain. The muscles may tighten for many reas